Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Lin Ran seemed very happy as if he had picked up a mirror in the market, and praised: "This is really a rare Chu-style six-mountain mirror from the Warring States Period."

Tang Lanxuan smiled slightly. In fact, treasure appraisers need to have this attitude. His eyes lit up and he said with some joy: "Lin Ran, didn't I just tell you that this is a fake?"

"I just saw the Six Mountain Mirror, so I won't draw any conclusions without authorization." This is Lin Ran's thinking. He treats every cultural relic he gets as a treasure.

This kind of serious attitude towards every cultural relic is extremely rare among the new generation in the antique circle.

"Okay, your attitude is very good, Lin Ran. You will definitely achieve something in the antiques circle in the future. No one can compare with you."

Hearing Tang Lanxuan's compliment, Lin Ran was a little embarrassed. He cleared his throat slightly and responded with a smile: "Teacher, I just have a good attitude. Now I am still far from your level, teacher."

In fact, there was a lot of humility in his words. At least in terms of antique appraisal, Lin Ran's knowledge had surpassed Tang Lanxuan's.

After all, this industry actually requires a lot of experience. No matter how rich Tang Lanxuan's experience is, he only has 20 years.

Lin Ran's experience was at least twice as much as his.

It is no exaggeration to say that Tang Lanxuan has a lot of knowledge that he needs to learn from Lin Ran, but Lin Ran will naturally not say it out loud. On most occasions, he will remain humble and give Tang Lanxuan enough face.

Tang Lanxuan laughed, seeing that his apprentice was not overwhelmed by the praise, and even lifted himself up.

He showed an expression of appreciation and said, "Lin Ran, actually you don't have to be too humble. I know your strength is much more than that."

"Just luck."

"Luck is actually a part of strength, and if you want to be successful in this industry, luck alone is not enough. Without relevant knowledge reserves, it is impossible to seize opportunities even if you encounter them. Lin Ran is really excellent in this aspect. , any apprentice I searched before can't compare to you." Tang Lanxuan said seriously.

Judging from his serious expression, it didn't seem like he was praising Lin Ran deliberately, but from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Ran nodded repeatedly: "Master's teachings, I will definitely keep them in mind."

He didn't intend to continue discussing this topic after that. Fame was completely dispensable to him.

He just wants to finish the regrets that he couldn't deal with before.

Knowing that his teachings were listened to by his disciples, Tang Lanxuan was also very happy.

He happened to be free today, so he took out the works of his previous apprentices and gave them to his new apprentices for appraisal.

This feeling was amazing, and he also wanted to know if Lin Ran could see the flaws that he hadn't found himself.

In fact, although Tang Lanxuan is the curator of the museum, he claims to be an expert in cultural relic appraisal and is good at all kinds of cultural relics.

In fact, there are specialties in the art industry.

There are many types of cultural relics, such as calligraphy and painting, bronzes, and iron products.

Each expert has his own area of ​​expertise. In fact, what he is best at is calligraphy and painting, so it is normal for bronzes to be mistaken.

If it were calligraphy and painting, he would be able to see through it with his own discerning eye, even if it was a masterpiece that was forged to the extreme.

Lin Ran warned himself in his heart that when appraising, he must not directly consider it from the perspective of fake. Once he has made a judgment in his heart, he will subconsciously guide himself to consider the problem in this direction.

This approach will mislead you.

It happened that while Tang Lanxuan was here today, he decided to review the teachings of Tang Lanxuan in his previous life.

"Teacher, I'm going to start the appraisal. If there's anything I don't understand, I'll ask you directly, teacher."

"Yeah." Tang Lanxuan nodded.

Lin Ran picked up the Warring States Chu-style Six Mountain Mirror from the table, and then his expression changed.

Perhaps because it stayed in the warehouse for too long, the dust on the surface of this bronze mirror was very thick.

He used a silk scarf to gently wipe away some of the dust on the surface, revealing the thick green patina underneath.

"Isn't the patina a bit too much?" Lin Ran said to himself. In fact, this was the first time he had seen this kind of thing.

Generally speaking, if the coverage of patina is too wide, such as reaching 50% coverage, the average collector will not take a second look at such a thickness of patina, even if the bronze is highly decorated.

The thickness of the patina of the bronze in front of me is almost 3 centimeters, which is indeed a bit excessive.

Seeing Lin Ran deep in thought, Tang Lanxuan nodded beside him.

But he knew that Lin Ran was thinking about the problem now, and did not interrupt his thoughts, but just watched silently.

Lin Ran suddenly raised a question: "Teacher, although this Warring States Chu-style six-mountain mirror is a fake, and the Cultural Relics Research Department has also seen it. But I still want to remove the patina on the mirror and see what's going on inside. I don't know. Teacher, do you have any opinions?"

Generally speaking, the appraisal of cultural relics in museums is different from the appraisal of cultural relics outside.

In order to make the cultural relics collected outside more valuable, let alone removing the patina, even if it is reset, as long as the original flavor can be maintained, no one will object.

However, in addition to displaying cultural relics, the museum also has another function, which is to investigate history.

Removing the patina on the surface may cause researchers to miss the age of the cultural relics, so they will not carry out restoration work without authorization before the origin of the cultural relics is truly determined, so he does not know what Tang Lanxuan thinks.

Tang Lanxuan smiled and said: "Just do it according to your own ideas. The teacher will definitely support you."

"Okay, thank you very much, teacher."

Tang Lanxuan watched silently, and he also noticed the thickness of the patina on the surface.

There are many ways to deal with patina in the museum, but he didn't mention it directly because he wanted to see how Lin Ran would solve the problem.

After getting the answer, Lin Ran carefully dug his index finger along the mirror surface twice, and quickly opened a small window.

"So simple?" Tang Lanxuan was extremely surprised. Is it difficult for Lin Ran to be so strong?

Lin Ran put a small piece of green patina between his fingers and rubbed it, and something unexpected happened.

The green patina was crushed into powder on Lin Ran's fingertips, and then Lin Ran relaxed his hands and dissipated into the air.

"Lin Ran, what's going on?" Tang Lanxuan was a little stunned.

If it were anyone else, he might have guessed the answer, but Lin Ran had too much impact on him, as if everything that happened to him was taken for granted.

Seeing Tang Lanxuan's dumbfounded expression, Lin Ran smiled.

Tang Lanxuan said: "The Chu-style Liushan Mirror of the Warring States Period uses Chu copper. The green patina formed is much harder than ordinary jade!"